Visiting your Web site
Accessing site administration tools
Reading private visitor messages
Deleting private visitor messages
Reading guestbook messages
Deleting guestbook messages

To visit your Web site

1. Open the Microsoft Personal Web Server control panel, click the Web site button, and make sure that Web serving is on.
2. Do one of the following:
   • Click the Internet Explorer logo on the top-right corner of the control panel.
   • Click the My URL link on the control panel.

     You must have Internet Explorer installed on your machine to use the My URL link or the Internet Explorer logo.

   • Launch Internet Explorer and type your URL exactly as it appears in the Microsoft Personal Web Server control panel and press the Return key.If you don't see the Internet Explorer Address Bar, make sure that Address Bar on the View menu has a check mark.

• Some networks are configured to give your Macintosh a new IP address every time you connect to the Internet. Since your URL is based on your computer's address, your URL will change as well. If you are in this situation, your Internet provider may be able to provide a static IP address or a domain name.
• Domain names such as "http://yourcompany.com" are provided by special servers called Domain Name Servers (DNS). Sometimes a DNS will provide inaccurate information, preventing Personal Web Server from displaying your computer's domain name, even though one exists. In these cases, you can still type the domain name into the Internet Explorer address bar even though the control panel displays the IP address.

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URL basics
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To access the site administration and remote access tools

1. If you are not sure what your owner name and password are, review the Sharing Setup control panel.
2. Visit your Web site.
3. Click the Owner Sign-in link.
4. Type the owner name and password.

• The Site administration tools available are dependent on the options selected in Microsoft Personal Web Server control panel. For example, if you do not have the Log Web Site Activity or the Let Me Browse My Disks check boxes selected, their corresponding links will not be available.

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Maintaining an activity log
Reading private messages
Downloading files from your disk
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To read private messages

1. If you are not sure what your owner name and password are, review the Sharing Setup control panel.
2. Visit your Web site.
3. Click the Owner Sign-in link.
4. Type the owner name and password.
5. Click the Read Private Messages link.

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Accessing site administration tools
Deleting private messages
Reading guestbook messages
Visiting your Web site

To delete private messages

1. Open the My Personal Web Site folder.
2. Double-click the $Received Messages folder.
3. Drag the message you want to delete to the Trash.

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Reading private messages

To read guestbook messages

1. Visit your Web site.
2. Click the Read My Guestbook link.

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Deleting guestbook messages
Reading private visitor messages
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To delete guestbook messages

1. Open the My Personal Web Site folder.
2. Double-click the Guestbook folder.
3. Use a text editor to open the file, Guestbook.htm.
4. Delete the entries you no longer want displayed on your Web site.
5. Save the file.

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